3. Between 1997 and 2005, Destiny's Child reigned as the world's top-selling female vocal group achieving combined sales of more than 60 million records.

4. After their second comeback in 2004 with the album Destiny Fulfilled, the DC girls toured the world. As they were sponsored by McDonald's the tour name adopted the fast food parlour's slogan and was labelled 'Destiny Fulfilled... and Lovin it'.

5. The girls' long reign as R&B royalty has become inspiration to current celebrities. Girls Aloud listen to Destiny's Child before their own gigs, Katy B has labelled them as her inspiration, along with Zane Lowe's Sound of 2013 sisters Haim.

9. Rumours that the group will be performing at this Sunday's Super Bowl half-time performance were recently rubbished by Williams, who said: "I'm gonna be in the musical Fela! I hate to disappoint the people and tell them that it's not true."

However, Fela!'s official website reads: "PLEASE NOTE: Michelle Williams will not be appearing January 31st - 3rd."